Combined cooking-utensil holder and sad-iron heater.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

M. B. BASSBTT. COMBINED 0001mm UTENSIL HOLDER AND SAD IRON HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1906.

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lNvENToR. MARTHA B. BHSSET'T.

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COMBINED COOKlNG-UTENSIL HOLDER AND SAD-IRON HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed August 7,1906- Scrial No. 329,629.

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Be it known that I, MARTHA B. Bassu'rr, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain .new anduseful Improvements in a Combined Cooking-Utensil Holder and Sad-IronHeater, of which the following is a specification containing a full,clear, and. exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a combined cooking utensil holder and sad ironheater, and the object of my invention is to provide a simple,inexpensive device which is adapted to be positioned on all forms ofstoves and ranges for the purpose of holding sad irons while the sameare being heated, and, at the same time holding a cooking utensil sothat the heat from the stove-hole or burner, after passing around thesaid irons, is directed onto the cooking utensil supported by thedevice.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple device wherebythe sad irons are easily'placed in and removed from position, and whichdevice can be easily handled and readily transferred fromone stove-holeor burner to another.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaceompanying drawings, in whichz- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved device in position on a stove top, and showing the sad ironholder of the device withdrawn; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section takenthrough the center of the device Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings :1. designates acylindrical housing preferably constructed of sheet metal, having anopen bottom and a flat perforated top Formed in the wall of thecylindrical housing, around the lower edge thereof, is a series ofperforations 3. Formed in one side of the housing I is an opening whichis normally closed by a curved plate or door 4., provided on itsexterior with a loop 5 which performs the function of a handle. Formedon or fixed to the inside face of the plate 4, adjacent the lower edgethereof, is a horizontally disposed plate or shell 6, which is of such alength as that it extends to the op posite side of the housing '1, andthe edge of this plate or shelf is beaded or wired, as designated by 7,in order to stiffen and strengthen said shelf. Located on the interiorof the housing, and extending from the front to the rear thereof arerails 8, on which the side edges of the plate 6 slide when inserted inthe housing 1.

The device so constructed when in us is positioned immediately over astove-hole or burner, and the cooking utensil is positioned on theperforated top of the device, as shown in Fig. 1. The sad iron or ironsto be heated are positioned on the plate 6 when the same is withdrawnfrom the housing 1, and when said plate is inserted in the housing andthe plate 4 closes the opening in the side of said. housing, said plate6, with the irons, is positioned directly over the flame and heat fromthe stove-hole or burner. Thus the heat is con centrated within thehousing 1 and, after passing around the irons carried by the plate orshelf 6, passes upwardly through the perforated top 2, and heats thecooking utensil and contents thereof. The plate 6 prevents the flamefrom coming in direct contact with the smoothing surfaces of the saidirons, thereby permittingsaidsurfacestoretaintheirsmoothness and temper.The perforations 3 permit air to pass to the exterior of the housing 1,which air rises therein, and thus materially assists in the circulationof said heated air through said housing.

A device of my improved construction is very simple, inexpensive,economizes and concentrates the heat, and provides simple means wherebysad irons may be heated, and, at the same time, directs the heat whichwould otherwise be wasted, against the bottom of a cooking utensil.

It will be readily understood that my improved device may be utilized asa double cooker by locating a cooking utensil upon the shelf or plate 6.

I claim 1. A device of the class described, constructed with anopen-bottomed housing having a perforated top and there being a row ofperforations through the side wall of the housing adjacent the bottomthereof, there being an opening in one side of said housing, a platenormally closing said opening, and a shelf carried by said plate andextending into the housing the forward end of which plate is round ed,and the entire edge of said plate being beaded; substantially asspecified.

2. A device of the class described, conl said plate and extendingthrough the opening structed with an open-bottomed cylindrical into thehousing, and the entire edge of which housing having a flat perforatedtop, there i plate is beaded. being a single row of perforations formedl In testimony whereof, I have signed my 5 through the side of thehousing adjacent its name to this specification, in presence of two 15lower end, there being an opening in one side l subscribing witnesses.

of the housing which opening extends from I MARTHA B. BASSETT. the topto the bottom of the housing, a plate Witnesses: normally closing saidopening, ashelf fixed in- M P. SMITH,

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